Wal-Mart bulbs planted tank

Looks great! Is that nemo in the center? The plant in the back left (dark green with light edges) isn't an aquatic plant...hopefully it's fake. Just an fyi when it starts to deteriorate on you

Tank looks great to me, too! Those Walmart bulbs actually have a nice color to them.

Looks great for walmart bulb plants! The bulbs i dropped in my 40g that has sad old pinkish <1wpg lights with no special plant care are getting bushy and flowering. The regular plants I have in my 10g that has all the extras are so much more demanding. Great looking tank.

http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-276.htm



hehe...

so those bulbs make plants? Do the plants grow flowers? It's the only thing between them and me . And do they need co2 and a specific type of gravel? Fertilizer (please don't say excel or flourish >_>. i want something different like aquaria pharmeceudical (what??) fert)? gravel thickness (mine's 1 cm)? kH (fyi, i don't know my kh so then i'm afraid my co2 will mess up the pH)? lighting? do they grow tall or small or medium? do you plant them undergravel?

i just REALLY want plants (live) now.... just can't wait! because my LFS doesn't have plants... except for those bulbs

*EDIT* ok... walmart bulbs? my lfs only has some other kind of bulbs... forgot what they're called...

when do they sprout and when should you take them out?

I think they call them Sandriana here in Manitoba, Canada... They are supposedly from the same family/group as the lucky bamboo (needs to be in water, but emersed).

CaitxSith said:

http://www.plantgeek.net/plant-276.htm


so those bulbs make plants? Do the plants grow flowers? It's the only thing between them and me . And do they need co2 and a specific type of gravel? Fertilizer (please don't say excel or flourish >_>. i want something different like aquaria pharmeceudical (what??) fert)? gravel thickness (mine's 1 cm)? kH (fyi, i don't know my kh so then i'm afraid my co2 will mess up the pH)? lighting? do they grow tall or small or medium? do you plant them undergravel?

i just REALLY want plants (live) now.... just can't wait! because my LFS doesn't have plants... except for those bulbs

*EDIT* ok... walmart bulbs? my lfs only has some other kind of bulbs... forgot what they're called...

when do they sprout and when should you take them out?

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Assuming they are fresh, they should start to sprout in about 7 days and will put up a white flower spike about a week or two after they sprout. If the flower is pollenated, you may get tiny seedlings that drop off and take root in the gravel. My apon bulbs recently sprouted seeds and I have several that have started to take root in the gravel.

Some types of these plants will go dormant after they flower. You can try to keep them in the tank until they sprout again, but this may not happen unless you have plenty of nutrients in the substrate for the bulb to take in. Another method is to remove the bulbs and place them in a container of damp sand, then in a cool, dark place for about 6 weeks. Then you would replant them in the tank.

any "special" needs?